Hello community! I’m curious about what y’all favorite long tracks are? By long I mean 10+ minutes (that is at least long to me with short attention span normally). For me it’s The Past Is A Grotesque Animal by Of Montreal (linked)
Edit: Thanks for the responses!!! looks like I have a lot to listen to these next few days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfV6qF03dEg&t=12
Perhaps you didn’t think of classical music per se, but this is one of my favorite pieces of music, from Mahler’s “Tragic” symphony, written during a rather good period of his life if memory serves. He also didn’t call it “tragic himself” I believe. Just a beautiful movement that stands on its own.
You’re right, I didn’t consider classical music. But I do have a ton of respect for it even though I don’t listen to it much anymore. I love the way it can tell a story without a single word.
Sinnerman by Nina Simone is a great longer song! One of my favourites to listen to on my walk to work in the mornings.
Not quite 10 minutes but kind of close. https://youtu.be/0JbGyw9dlhc
Wow that was a great track!
Isaac Hayes - Moonlight lovin’
Various Floating Points tracks
It goes a bit all over the place honestly
Mortal Man by Kendrick Lamar. The way it ties in all the songs and explains why the album is called To Pimp a Butterfly is amazing.
Pink Floyd - Dogs
Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station
NOFX - The Decline
TOOL - Eulogy
Phish - You Enjoy Myself
Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
Just a few off the top of my head.
“I” by Meshuggah. About 21 minutes long. Also, “Blackwater Park” by Opeth, just over 12 minutes, though I feel like mentioning Opeth is cheating.
I’m a huge Bob Dylan fan, so “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” and “Desolation Row” top the list for me when it comes to 10+ minute tracks. I don’t have many tracks longer than that in my collection, or at least none that immediately come to mind.
One of my favorites long tracks is «Echoes» by Pink Floyd. More than 23 minutes.
I used to be really into prog rock, so my definition of a long song is kinda skewed.
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull is my go-to long song, but for something a bit more attention-span friendly you can try Close to the Edge - Yes
Excellent pick with the Of Montreal track.
One song that immediately came to mind for me is 2112 by Rush which runs about 20 minutes.
Also when I think of long songs I often think of post-rock music and Godspeed You! Black Emperor is one of my favorite post-rock groups. Their album Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress is technically 4 tracks running about 40 minutes but before those tracks existed on an album they existed as 1 song that they would play live called Behemoth. So I often consider that album to be 1 song.
I don’t usually have the attention span for really long tracks, but there are some exceptions for sure
Sinnerman by Nina Simone would have been my answer but someone beat me to it lol
So going another direction, check out Gilbert’s Groove by Circles Around the Sun, if you like a bit of psychedelia
the decline by nofx
veil of illumination by andromeda
1983 by jimi hendrix
the camera eye by rush (2112 also)
there is a whole lot more but thats all i can think of currently
